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Time to Air Race - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | 9/9/2013 - Time to Air Race RENO National Air Race Championship NV- Competitors are gathering and submitting their airplanes to technicians for safety and mechanical inspections at Stead Field in Reno today. When passed, time trials begin vying for position and qualifying for the heats. The Championships begin September 11-15...

Reno Air Races prepare for takeoff · General Aviation News Staff | Fifty years after planes first took to Reno’s skies in 1964, the National Championship Air Races begins this week. Dubbed “the world’s fastest motorsport,” the Reno Air Races officially takes off Wednesday, Sept. 11, and runs through Sunday, Sept. 15...

Washoe County’s North Valleys Park and Reno Air Races will dedicate Rare Bear replica Sept. 9 - This is Reno | Washoe County will honor the 50th anniversary of the Reno Air Races with the installation of a replica of the legendary F8F Bearcat airplane Rare Bear at the North Valleys Regional Park Monday, Sept. 9, at 9:30 a.m....

Scheyden Catalina Air Show moves to Oct. 26-27 · General Aviation News Staff | HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – The Second Annual Scheyden Catalina Air Show has been moved to Oct. 26-27. One of Southern California’s most scenic and historic harbors, Catalina routinely plays host to numerous events, so the City Council and organizers agreed that a new weekend would enhance the airshow by making it the sole attraction, officials with Scheyden Precision Eyewear said...

Scenes from a Russian Airshow - Air & Space Magazine | Late last month, Russia held the MAKS 2013 air and space show at the Ramenskoe airfield near Moscow. The biannual event, which traces its roots to the end of the Cold War, has become the largest and most important public exhibition for the nation’s aviation and space industry...

Best of Show! The Very Best/Worst of Oshkosh '13! (Part 3) - Aero-News Network | Compiled By The Staff and Readership of the Aero-News Network and Aero-TV (Part 3 of 5) | For quite a while, we have recognized the highs and lows inherent in the general and sport aviation community -- and yes, we’ve had a bit of fun in the process. There are but a few places where that is more apropos than at a major event like the Oshkosh Fly-In -- a place where one can take a solid read on the heart and soul of aviation. It's hard to know what really is going to make a difference and what really qualifies as exceptional unless you've been watching this industry carefully for several years... as we have....

Announcing the F-104 Starfighter Association - Warbird News | A new warbird enthusiast group is forming up, the F-104 Starfighter Association. The F-104 Starfighter Association is dedicated to preserving more of the history of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, the Canadair CF-104 Starfighter and all of their variants, through first-person accounts and photographs from the pilots, engineers, maintainers and others who were associated with the legacy of these historically significant jet fighters...

Wright B Flyer Inc. wins two awards · General Aviation News Staff | Wright “B” Flyer Inc., the organization that flies the well-known Wright “B” Flyer lookalike and operates a free aviation museum, is the recipient of two prestigious community awards this year. The Engineers Club of Dayton has selected Wright “B” Flyer to receive its Wilson A. Charbonneaux award this month. In August, the National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) presented its PROPS (Partner Recognition of Outstanding Support) award to Wright “B” Flyer at NAHA’s annual meeting...

Niagara Aerospace Museum Builds its Collection - Warbirds News | The Niagara Aerospace Museum has recently relocated to a new facility within a former terminal building at Niagara Falls International Airport. The museum is dedicated to preserving the rich aviation heritage of Western New York, and showcasing the aviation and aerospace history the companies that were once vital components of the region’s economy, including Bell Aircraft, Consolidated Aircraft and Curtiss-Wright. With their new facility recently opened, they have been expanding their collection...

Pakistan's only female fighter pilot becomes role model for millions of girls - You Fly, Girl | She has already made history by becoming the first woman assigned to one of Pakistan's front line dogfighting squadrons. Now at the age of 26 Flight Lieutenant Farooq says she is ready for the ultimate test. "If war breaks out, I will be flying on my senior's wing as his wingman, well, wingwoman," she said in an interview with...

Celebrating 30 Years of In Flight USA From Pica Poles to A Current Day Spirit By Annamarie Buonocore | First issue: September 1983A pica is a unit of measurement that most people know little about. A pica pole is a ruler that measures in pica units. As I am sitting at my desk, I can see my dad’s old layout board where he would lay out In Flight USA, using razor knives and pica poles. In Flight USA was one of the last publications laid out this old-fashioned way, and it took some nudging from the printer before dad finally got with the program and went digital. As I look at these old razors, triangles, and pica poles, I cannot help but think about the 30-year journey of In Flight USA...

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Alabama Air Racer Returns for Reno 50th Championship Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | JASPER AL- Feel the need for speed? For those fans who do, the excitement of the 50th Anniversary of Reno Air Race Championship grows near. On September 11 through September 15, the competition begins as seven classes of race planes "fly low and turn left" seeking a National Champion at Stead Field...

National Stearman Fly-In spells big bucks for Galesburg - cbs4qc.com | It's the sounds and sights of planes in the skies that draws families to Galesburg, year after year. "It has put Galesburg on the map," says Robert Harrison. The National Stearman Fly-In showcases more than 100 biplanes, like the ones used in World War II. "If you want to see a piece of aviation history, this is the place to be."...

Pilots soar to Salida for annual Labor Day fly-in - Mountain Mail Newspaper | About 30 pilots from the Soaring Society of Boulder traveled to Harriet Alexander Field for their annual Labor Day weekend fly-in. Soaring Society Vice President Charlie Gillespie said the pilots, representing all levels of experience, came to Salida to fly about 25 sailplanes...

Air show takes to the skies Sept. 21 - Morehead News | Sept. 3, 2013 — The Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Airport will host its second annual air show on Sept. 21. Last year's show proved a huge success, with more than 2,500 turning out for the event. The schedule for this year's air show is similar to that of last year's, said Mike Gray, airport board chairman. The day will start with a pancake and sausage breakfast from 7:30-10 a.m. in the hangar....

AIRSHOW NEWS: Battle of the aerobatics at The Duxford Air Show | UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | There’s an array of amazing aerobatic spectaculars in store at The Duxford Air Show this weekend! Opening Saturday’s flying display in gallic style is the Patrouille de France, the precision aerobatic display team of the French Air Force, who are one of the world’s most skilled demonstration teams. They’ll perform in the flying programme on Sunday, too...

Georgia to witness first military airshow - AzerNews | Tbilisi will host the first military airshow on September 9. According to the local media, 11 aircrafts will perform aerobatics in the sky of Tbilisi. High ranking military personnel from different countries, including NATO member - countries, received the invitation to take part in one of the biggest events in the history of Georgia...

Video: Winners announced for Cromer Carnival prize flight as Wildcat plane loops-the-loop - edp24.co.uk | Two north Norfolk people have won the chance to fly with a crack aerobatics display team in a prize draw made during a loop-the-loop manoeuvre. The Wildcat Aerobatics formation display team was a highlight of last month’s Cromer Carnival...

Vulcan bomber fails to turn up at Shoreham Airshow (From The Argus) | Tens of thousands of punters were left disappointed when the world’s only Vulcan bomber failed to take to the sky at a popular air show. The Shoreham Airshow’s headline act was grounded due to a fuel leak yesterday on the second day of the event....

VIDEO: Highlights from Shoreham Airshow - Latest - Shoreham Herald | SUNSHINE and blue skies launched the 24th RAFA Shoreham Airshow on Saturday, as tens of thousands headed to Shoreham Airport. There were many highlights over the two-day event, but one disappointment, with the Vulcan declared unserviceable just before it was due to set off for Shoreham Airport on Sunday afternoon...

Photos: MAKS 2013 Air Show, Again | English Russia

WW II bomber took 28 years to restore - Mt. Vernon Register-News | MT. VERNON —  Known for its versatility to be used as both a medium-level bomber and low-level attack bomber, the B-25 Mitchell bomber "Maid in the Shade" is taking front and center at the Mt. Vernon Airport this week....

F-82 — North American’s Mustang 2-fer Travel for Aircraft | Before the sudden end of World War II, in the Pacific Ocean, Allied military forces were preparing for a long haul of at least one or two more years of combat — and combat more intense than previously experienced. The U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) began to work on prosecuting bombing campaigns of the northern Japanese home islands to compliment aircraft carrier raids borne by the U.S. Navy. Unbelievably, perhaps, Japan was not only able to continue aircraft...

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Blue Angels autograph session for this week canceled - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels, who have been appearing at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesdays to sign autographs, said they can't be there this week.... The team is awaiting word on whether a budget agreement in Washington will loosen the Navy's purse strings and allow them to perform in air shows during 2014.

Tech sergeant gets job with Thunderbirds as training manager - Las Vegas Review-Journal | Holly Mays made it to Las Vegas because she beat the odds. Not once or twice but many times she kept rolling the dice of life. Even though she experienced setback after setback, she never gave up. And finally, after being denied for her dream job with the prestigious Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team, the South Korean-born tech sergeant landed a job in 2009 as the team’s training manager....

Wings of Freedom III Airshow set for Saturday in Sidney - Williston Daily Herald | If folks have come down and have their feet back on the ground after the successful run of the Babe Ruth World Series in Williston, here’s a perfect opportunity for you to sit back and watch another exciting sport. The good folks at the Sidney-Richland Airport in Sidney, Mont., are preparing to host the Wings of Freedom III Airshow....

Aerobatic pilots to perform at Newton - Hillsboro Free Press | The Air Capital Eagles, an aerobatic group based in Wichita, will take flight from the Newton City/County Airport Sept. 6, 7 and 8. The public is invited to watch pilots attempt loops, spins, stalls and other stunts during the free event. Flights are scheduled beginning at noon Friday, Sept. 6, and will continue Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Lions Club of New Ulm 40th Annual Fly-In Breakfast - KNUJ | Lions Club of New Ulm 40th Annual Fly-In Breakfast will be held Sunday, September 8, 7am-12:30pm at the New Ulm Municipal Airport in New Ulm.

Aerobatics extravaganza to take place at The Duxford Air Show this weekend - Cambridge News | The Red Arrows will take to the sky at The Duxford Air Show | One of the world’s most skilled aerobatic teams will open The Duxford Air Show this weekend. The Patrouille de France, the precision aerobatic display team of the French Air Force, will kick start the annual event’s impressive flying display in gallic style on Saturday....

Fighter Jets And Helicopters Perform At Russia's International Air Show [PICTURES]- Business Insider | REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva | MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets fly by a church during Russia's MAKS air show. Russia's biennial International Aviation and Space Airshow, also known as MAKS, kicked off last week, and it's an impressive show...

Radom’s Superlative 2013 Air Show - Photorecon.net · Ken Kula | Radom is a city a little more than an hour’s drive south of Warsaw, Poland. On the southeastern edge of town is the Radom-Sadkow airport; home to a Polish Air Force training base. Originally built in the late 1920s as Poland’s first civilian pilot training field, today it houses Poland’s 42nd Aviation Base School, instructing fledgling aviators on PZL-130 turboprop airframes. Every other year, the base plays host to an international air show; this year’s 13th edition of the air show was nothing short of spectacular. The August 24-25 weekend saw a frenzy of activity not normally seen overhead the airport....

Skagit Flight Fest Air Show & Fly-In set for Sept. 7 · General Aviation News Staff | BURLINGTON, Wash. — The Port of Skagit will welcome Pacific Northwest aviators to Skagit Regional Airport on Sept. 7 for Skagit Flight Fest, combining a fly-in, an airshow and family activities free to the public. Fly-in aircraft will begin arriving early in the morning to get the best parking spots on the apron fronting Runway 11-29, event organizers noted. Overflow fly-in aircraft will park on the crosswind runway, which will be closed for the event, and shuttle service will serve aircrews parking there throughout the day....

Vinton County Air Show to feature plane rides, skydivers By TYLER BUCHANAN Courier staff journalist Vinton County Courier | For the pilots and jumpers in the Vinton County Air Show working pro bono, the only green they care about is the lush grass below their thrills amongst the sky. The money, they all agree, should go toward the airport.

29th Annual Wings Over Houston Airshow October 26-27 - Warbirds News | Vintage warplanes, a special Korean War 60th anniversary tribute, a flight performance by the star of Disney’s “Planes,” the world’s only flying B-29 Superfortress, “Fifi”, and world-class aerobatic performers are among the scheduled performers at the 29th Annual Wings Over Houston Airshow, which will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26-27, at Ellington Airport in Houston, Texas, sponsored by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF)....

Denmark Fly-In | October 11th, 12th & 13th | Bunbury Aero Club · Bunbury Aero Club | Departing Friday 11th or Saturday 12th October (the choice is yours), we will make our way to Denmark for the weekend with Bunbury Aero Club members and fellow aviators and return home on Sunday 13th October 2013.

Van Nuys Airport – Community Day - Photorecon.net · Brandi Lewis | Saturday, August 31st, 2013 marked the eighty fifth anniversary of the Van Nuys Airport (VNY) as well as the grand opening of a $20.5 million project to improve Van Nuys Airport’s historic 8,000-foot main runway — One Six Right (16R) — to meet current FAA design standards. Many local San Fernando Valley residents gathered Saturday morning to take part in the Community Day that was scheduled which included free guided behind-the-scenes airfield bus tours, as well as vintage aircraft displays and refreshments...

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Oldest Stunt Pilot In Britain Decides It's Time To Retire ... At 90 - Aero-News Network | But Doug Gregory Says He Will Continue To Fly | When you think about activities for nonagenarians, aerobatic air show pilot is probably not something that comes immediately to mind. But up until recently, it was top of the list for 90-year-old Doug Gregory, who lives in the U.K. A former RAF pilot, Gregory said he will finally give up flying in air shows ... but not flying.

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 and 2013: F-8F-2 Bearcat In Early Blue Angels Team Colors - The Aero Experience | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Aerial Demonstration Team did not perform at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 or any other airshow this summer, but among the vast collection of warbirds there there was an aircraft that reminded us of an earlier era of the Blue Angels - John O'Connor's Grumman Grumman F-8F-2 Bearcat (s/n 121761). The aircraft represents the team leader for the Bearcat years (August 25,1946 - August 14,1949; a solo F-8F-2 Bearcat continued to fly until 1952) in which the F-8F-1 Bearcat's were painted the official "Blue Angel Blue" with "Insignia Yellow" lettering...

Restored B-17 bomber offers a look at aviation history - KTIV | SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) - Siouxlanders have a chance to explore American aviation history, this week. The "Sentimental Journey" is B-17G "Flying Fortress" that served at the tail end of World War II. It's a lot like the ones that countless crews trained on at Sioux City's air base during the war. But, this plane is special. It's one of only eight planes of its kind still flying thanks to the Arizona-based "Commemorative Air Force"...

Former prisoner of war to speak at museum - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories |• Former POW to speak on Friday, Sept. 13 • Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John Borling will share his experiences as a prisoner of war. • He'll also share poetry and prose he composed and memorized while a POW.  • Lecture begins at 1 p.m. in Carney Auditorium

Air Force bids farewell to final F-111 as it leaves for Pacific Air Museum - ABC Local | The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has bid a final farewell to its last remaining F-111, which is being taken from Amberley base, west of Brisbane, to Hawaii. The much-loved fighter bomber had its wings clipped ahead of its last journey to the Pacific Air Museum at Pearl Harbour...

Lt. Dan is named honorary Marine for work with veterans - USA TODAY | Most men and women earn the title Marine only after emerging from the crucible of boot camp. But a select few have been awarded an honorary Marine title. (The Marine Corps has awarded the honorary title to only 76 people over its more than 200-plus year history. Yale University, by contrast, has awarded 2,786 honorary degrees though the school is almost 75 years older.)...

Air Show Photography - ePHOTOzine (press release) | Air shows are a great place for photographers to shoot action shots of planes in flight, plus they are a great day out which means your family will be entertained while you're busy taking photographs. Many take place during the summer months, however there are still several shows planed for Septemeber and October if you're thinking of taking your camera gear along to one...

​5-year-old Chinese boy flies plane solo - Times of India | State media quoted He and manager of an aviation club Zhang Yonghui praising the boy, oblivious of the legal implications of allowing a child to fly. Anyone who drives an aviation vehicle needs a license and clearance from aviation authorities . "An ...

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Video: Trussville native, Blue Angels pilot enjoys being able to give back, represent ... - The Birmingham News - al.com | PENSACOLA, Florida -- Chances are, you won't see Lt. Cmdr. David Tickle in the cockpit of an F-18 Hornet this year. But that doesn't mean the Trussville native isn't working hard at his mission as an ambassador for the U.S. armed forces. "We're focusing on community outreach," said Tickle, who serves as the lead solo pilot and operations officer for the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels. "We're still flying; we're just not doing public demonstrations."...

Vintage Aircraft Weekend prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News Staff | EVERETT, Wash. — Historic Flight Foundation will host the 6th annual Vintage Aircraft Weekend, offering food, fun, flying, music, and more Friday, Aug. 30, to Sunday, Sept. 1 at Paine Field. Together with Paine Field Partners, Castle & Cooke and the Snohomish County Airport, Historic Flight Foundation expects as many as 65 pilots from across the Northwest to fly in, piloting a wide variety of privately owned vintage aircraft....

CAF “Celebrating America’s Aviation Heritage” 2013 - Photorecon.net | On August 17th and 18th, the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force held their annual air show at their Headquarters in Camarillo, California. With the lack of military air shows due to the on going fiscal budget issues, these events, held by our beloved warbird community, have satisfied our hunger for our love of aviation. While I myself...

Labor Day Celebration Set at Airpower Museum - Patch.com | The American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport is scheduled to launch a formation flight of historic B-25 Mitchell bombers and World War II escort fighters for a tribute flight near the World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty. The pattern was...

Middle East security expert to headline Curtiss Fall Flying Festival dinner · General Aviation News Staff | HAMMONDSPORT, N.Y. — Middle East security expert Christopher Harmer will be the keynote speaker at the Curtiss Fall Flying Festival Dinner on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Glenn Curtiss Museum...

Amazing New Air Show Act -Good vs Evil - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Kyle Franklin talks a little about the new act, "Skip Stewart and I have been talking about doing this act for years. It's a combination of an aerial dogfight/squirrel cage with pyro going off all over, jet trucks blowing fire left and right, all to hard hitting music and the story of good and evil. One thing that's...

Over 18000 people visit MAKS-2013 Airshow near Moscow - Tne Moscow News | About 18,000 people visited the MAKS-2013 airshow just outside Moscow on the first day, the region's police department said in Tuesday. Some 1,460 police and servicemen were deployed in the area to maintain security and public order at the at the...

Bournemouth Air Festival: Unique heritage flypast will feature Vulcan, Meteor ... - Bournemouth Echo | UP to a million people are set to descend on Bournemouth over the next four days as the sixth annual Air Festival gets underway tomorrow. And Air Festival goers will be in for an extra special and unique treat this year. The display by Avro Vulcan XH...

Bournemouth Air Festival: One to day to go! - Bournemouth Echo | Fans of the Red Arrows will get to see their heroes at the end of the afternoon, alongside the Tigers parachute team, the Merlin helicopter and gravity-defying aerobatics from Gerald Cooper. From 8pm, the stunning Night Air programme takes off, with...

Take it to the MAKS - Flight Image of the Day | It’s probably not pronounced that way in Russian, but we’ll not let language stand in the way of a good pun. Anyway, here’s a fantastic image of the air display at Russia’s biennial air show extravaganza courtesy of Rex Features...

Travel Back in Time to Aviation Museum's AirFest - Cape May County Herald | NORTH CAPE MAY - The Cape May – Lewes Ferry has teamed up with the Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum to offer a package for Delaware residents and visitors to attend this year's 17th Annual AirFest at the Cape May, NJ Airport....

Community members gather to mark Ramstein air show disaster anniversary - Stars and Stripes | Franzjosef Witt, 73, looks at the stone memorial just outside Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a moment after a ceremony to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the1988 air show catastrophe on the base. Witt's uncle, Mario Witt, perished in the disaster....

Fairchild AFB – The War Years, Spokane Army Air Depot - af.mil | The transition from Spokane Air Depot to Spokane Army Air Airfield meant chaos and confusion during the formative stages of an organization becoming a well, knit smoothly running operation. In June 1943, the first B-17, "Junior", arrived for repairs at the Spokane Army Air Depot....

The REAL answer to “What’s wrong with this picture?” - The Lexicans | The Connie in this picture is PanAm NC88858 landing at Burbank Airport in 1946. There are only 3 engines, #4 engine caught on fire on climb out on a flight from the U.S. to London on June 18, 1946. The fire eventually became uncontrollable and burned through the engine mount, resulting in the entire engine leaving the airplane. The plane returned to the U.S. and landed with no problems....

Speaking of Connies…. - The Lexicans | With the solving of Busbob’s Connie Mystery...

August 1909: First passenger flight - The Engineer | Cody continued in the record-breaking vein, building the world's largest aeroplane, the Flying Cathedral, which finished fourth in a round-Britain air race in 1911. The end of his story is sad but probably inevitable: in 1913 he built a floatplane, and...

Willow Run Bomber Plant Needs Your Help - Photorecon.net |There is an effort at the Yankee Air Museum to save part of the Willow Run Bomber Plant. Their currently trying to raise funds to save a portion of the old Ford plant that produced B-24 bombers during World War II at the rate of one per hour. This plant employed 40,000 workers during World War II. Willow run produced...

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Air Assault Huey walkaround — Tampa - Travel for Aircraft | This park is located on the east side in Tampa FL on the northwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Hwy 301 and the Tampa Bypass Canal — just a bit south of Martin Luther King Blvd. This […]

Famous Hoax WWI Dogfighting Photos Sell at Auction - Warbirds News | A set of 34 famous black and white photos of WWI dogfights sold recently at auction in Australia for AUD$1,130 (+/- US$1,000), the only rub? They’re fakes. In the 1933, a woman who claimed to be the widow of a Royal Flying Corps pilot, going by the name of “Mrs. Gladys Maud Cockburne-Lange” published Death in the Air: The War Diary and Photographs of a Flying Corps Pilot, which included numerous photographs purportedly taken in the...

KLAPMEIER, CLARK, WELCH Join EAA Board of Directors - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. - Three aviators with extensive experience in EAA programs and activities have joined the top leadership of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) as the newest members of the EAA Board of Directors....

EAA Marks 1,000th Eagle Flight in First Year - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA's year-old Eagle Flights program, which provides one-on-one flight experiences and pathways for adults interested in becoming a pilot, marked its 1,000th flight on August 10 in Hickory, North Carolina. Bradley Bormuth, EAA 423388, of Hickory's Chapter 731, took Joshua Austin for a flight in a Cessna 172....

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Blues aim to fly in November - Pensacola News Journal | The emerging possibility that the Blue Angels might fly at the proposed Wings Over Pensacola Air Show Festival during Veterans Day weekend was welcomed by the event's manager Tuesday, but he hopes they won't be doing a cameo appearance.A spokeswoman for the Blues said they might be allowed limited participation in theair show events planned for Nov. 8-11....

First day of MAKS airshow: "It is truly impressive" - VoR correspondents - The Voice of Russia | One of the world's largest airshows, MAKS-2013, kicks off in the town of Zhukovsky outside Moscow on Tuesday. A record number of companies are taking part in the event which marks its 20th anniversary this year. A whole array of hefty deals is expected...

Photos: Air Show MAKS 2013 | English Russia

Marion Airport Fly/In Cruise/In Moving Forward August 31 - PR Web (press release) | Marion, Indiana (PRWEB) August 27, 2013 | The Marion Municipal recently announced they will hold the 23rd annual Fly/In Cruise/In on Saturday, August 31. Admission and parking for this event will remain free to the public. The event, a community tradition for more than two decades, features a number of air and motor vehicles. The Tri-Motor Ford 5-AT will offer rides from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday with the purchase of a ticket. Food tickets for the all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast are also available for purchase, and all proceeds from those sales will benefit the Marion High School Band....

Official Website - Marion Fly-in/Cruise-in

Lehigh Valley Airshow much appreciated - Allentown Morning Call | Saturday and Sunday's Sands Lehigh Valley International Airport Airshow provided an opportunity for all of the Lehigh Valley to stop what we were doing and fly with the eagles. With eyes skyward, we soared with the pilots as they amazed us with their heart-stopping, mind-boggling skills...

Brantford Airshow promises to be a wild ride - Paris Star | It's back. After a two-year break, the Rotary Club of Brantford Charity Airshow is ready and set to get underway Wednesday shortly after 1 p.m. “We have an outstanding lineup this year,” air show director Melissa Minshall said Tuesday afternoon, as some of the various aircraft and pilots performing in this year's show arrived at the Brantford Airport. “The excitement has been building since we put the fence line up on Monday. Today has been a busy arrivals day.”... The show features a number of performers from the Canadian Forces, such as the Skyhawks Military Parachute Team, the Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 demonstration team and the renowned RCAF Snowbirds....

Additions planned for weekend's Fly-In show - Register Pajaronian | Fast forward a year and the Watsonville Fly-In & Airshow is about to “test drive” some of those new ideas championed by the new director, including a Dollar Night drive-in movie on Friday, DJ music to accompany the air show performers on Saturday and...

Open house and fly-in Sept. 7 - The Sheridan Press | SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Pilots' Association is hosting an open house and fly-in at Sheridan County Airport on Sept. 7 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Pilots and aircraft from throughout the region will participate in the fly-in. Pilots will be at the open...

Air show set for Sept. 7-8 in Sidney - Sidney Herald Leader | The Wings of Freedom air show will take place on Sept. 7 and 8 at the Sidney-Richland Airport. It has been well over a year of planning by the air show committee, which consists of about 10 members. The last air show in Sidney took place four years ago and approximately 6,000 people attended....

L-Bird Fly-In Convention set Sept. 12-14 - Keokuk Gate City Daily | Some planes also have seen combat duty. The public is invited to the pancake breakfast sponsored by the Tri State Aviation Club from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14. Tickets are $5 and include pancakes, sausage, applesauce and milk or juice and coffee.

Zenith Open Hangar Day and Fly-In Sept. 21 · General Aviation News Staff | MEXICO, Mo. — Zenith Aircraft will host its 22nd Annual Open Hangar Day and Fly-In Sept. 21. The event, which typically draws hundreds of people, is staged for the benefit of Zenith builders, owners and enthusiasts....

Polson Fly-in aims to spur interest in aviation - Daily Inter Lake | For the last 15 years, members of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Chapter 1122 have been encouraging people of all ages to discover the joys of flight at the annual Polson Fly-In. Aviation enthusiasts will want to mark Oct. 12 on their calendars; that’s the date of this year’s fly-in...

No Temporary Tower at Copperstate Fly-In - Flying Magazine | The FAA's insistence on charging airshows for ATC services has caused the organizers at the Copperstate Fly-In, set to take place October 24-26 in Casa Grande, Arizona, to make a tough decision. The airplanes flying in to the show will have to fend for ...

Annual airport fly-in success - El Dorado Times | The yearly fly-in at the El Dorado Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport drew a crowd of children, parents and grandparents Saturday morning.

Two days to the Bournemouth Air Festival: here's what's on when - Bournemouth Echo | It's just two days to the start of the Bournemouth Air Festival, and if you're trying to work out what day is best to come, here's a run down of which planes are appearing on which days. Timings for each day will be available at bournemouthecho.co.uk ...

Nine reasons why we love the Red Arrows - This Is South Devon | THE RAF Red Arrows swoop over Torquay at 6pm tonight, and thousands of locals and holidaymakers will throng every vantage point for miles around to see the show...

Oshkosh EAA AirVenture – Why it's So Much More Than an “Air Show” - Airline Reporter | A rural middle-America town is transformed each year from small and sleepy to an #AvGeek mecca. That small town is Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the home of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Each year the EAA holds their annual “fly-in” called ...

Grandmother Relives Her First Tri-Motor Flight 80 Years Later - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | August 27, 2013 - EAA lifetime member Eric Whyte seized the opportunity last weekend to give his grandmother a chance to step back in time and relive her first airplane ride as EAA's Ford Tri-Motor made a tour stop at the Wings Over Waukesha Air Show in Wisconsin...

B-17 And Former Airman Fly Again - Military.com | Bob Heller knows his bombers. On 59 missions during World War II, Heller took and delivered fire over Italy, France, and Germany as a radio gunner on a B-26, the twin-engine planes that hit precision targets across the continent. But he doesn't know the B-17 Flying Fortress...

Plane loopy! 100 years of daredevil aerobatics - Mirror.co.uk | Despite the doubts of his peers, Russian pilot Pytor Nesterov performed the feat, on 9 September 1913 (27 August by the calendar then used in Russia). He flew a loop in a Nieuport IV monoplane with a 70 hp Gnome engine over Syretzk aerodrome near Kiev...

B-17 bomber's aerial view of Wings Over Waukesha: Slideshow - The Business Journal of Milwaukee |The Wings Over Waukesha Air Show drew air enthusiasts of all ages this past weekend to check out the aircraft. Business Journal photographer Scott Paulus got the opportunity to tag along on a B-17 bomber. Check out the attached slideshow to see photos ...

Presumed dead since 1927, story of Flint's own Mildred Doran retold in new book - MLive.com | Mildred Doran is shown in this submitted photo, wearing her classic aviator uniform. Doran and a crew disappeared during an airplane race to Hawaii in 1927, a story retold in a new book...

Boeing Demonstrates Advanced Super Hornet for International Media in St. Louis - The Aero Experience | The Boeing Company's Defense, Space and Security Division hosted a presentation of its Advanced Super Hornet (previously nicknamed Ultra Hornet in the media) today for members of the international aerospace media at its St. Louis Headquarters near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The Aero Experience contributors Carmelo Turdo and Mark Nankivil participated in the day's activities, along with media representatives from Aviation Week, Aviation International News, Flight Global, Jane's and Canadian Skies, among others...

New contract awarded for Naval Air Museum - Bay Net | Almost a year ago a large crowd was all smiles as ground was broken for the new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. Many dignitaries were on hand as Casey Stinger, president of the company building the museum, Broughton Construction, promised to bring it in “on time and on budget.” Well it didn’t work out that way....

Mayors across Arkansas declare August General Aviation Appreciation Month · General Aviation News Staff | Mayor Bob McCaslin of Bentonville, Ark., Mayor Stewart Nelson of Morrilton, Ark., and Mayor Rick Elumbaugh of Batesville, Ark., have joined Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe in declaring August “General Aviation Appreciation Month” in each of their cities. Across the state of Arkansas, general aviation supports 5,400 jobs and contributes nearly $500 million to the state’s economy each year.

Innovative Aviation Designer Burt Rutan - Airplanes Channel | Visitors to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., can view the record-setting aircraft that pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager flew nonstop around the world in nine days in December 1986. The Rutan Model 76 Voyager Took off from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base on December 14 and landed back at the base 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds later, having covered a distance of 40,212 km as certified by the FAI – Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. The Rutan Voyager was designed by Dick Rutan’s brother Burt, a visionary aerospace engineer who has created more than 360 original concepts for aircraft, with 45 of his designs taking flight, some with commercial success, and others as record breakers or research craft....

Deadstick Dawn - Flight To Success |Sharon Menear | ''How My Pilot Career Ended and My Author Career Began" |"I was the sort of person who enjoyed high-adrenaline sports and high-speed cars, motorcycles, boats, and airplanes. All those rushes of adrenaline may have caused the rare eye disease I developed, Central Serous Retinopathy (CSR). The exciting activities and stress caused eye damage and advanced the disease....

Welcome to The Photo Issue · General Aviation News Staff | Airplanes are among the most photogenic beings on — or above — earth. Have you taken a picture you are particularly proud of? Would you like to share it with our 92,000 monthly print readers? If so, send it to Janice Wood with image details by Oct. 14.

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CAF Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of AIRSHO - PR Web | Warbirds invade West Texas for the 50th Annual Commemorative Air Force (CAF) AIRSHO presented by Western National Bank on Oct. 12-13. This milestone AIRSHO will feature Texas Flying Legends, a fantastic collection of warbirds, and some of today's...

NAS requests Novemebr air show be expanded to Pensacola Beach - WEAR | Some breaking News today about the air show this fall. Right now a civilian air show is expected to take place on the Friday of Veterans Day weekend, November 8th, aboard NAS Pensacola....

CNE air show will be missing the American exhibitors this year - Canada.com | The Canadian
International Air Show at Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition is usually a huge crowd draw, and the entire city can feel the jet engines as they roar over the waterfront. But this year, the show will be a little smaller than normal....

Inaugural air show draws crowds - Hillsdale.net | HILLSDALE — Thousands of feet in the air, the roar of the FM-2 Wildcat fighter aircraft could be heard as it screamed past hundreds of spectators at the Hillsdale County Air Show Saturday at the Hillsdale County Municipal Airport. The Wildcat was one of more than a dozen planes on hand that thrilled onlookers with precision flying and stunts on a picturesque afternoon....

Aerobatic pilots put on a show for annual Hammerfest in Llano - The River Cities Sunday Tribune | LLANO — Oh, those magnificent men (and women) and their flying machines take to the air above Llano on Aug. 31-Sept. 1 for the annual Hammerfest. “It’s an (International Aerobatic Club) competition,” said pilot and Austin IAC Chapter 107 member Jack Stovall. “The planes that you’ll see there are purpose-built for aerobatics.”...

Flight Of The Warbirds: WWII Planes Take To Jersey Shore Skies - Patch.com | The Collings Foundation's annual "Wings of Freedom Tour" landed at Monmouth Executive Airport this weekend.

14 AIR & SPACE MUSEUM AIR & SPACE HALL OF FAME TAPS 14 FOR ... - U-T San Diego | Two sky divers who took death-defying leaps, three astronauts who traveled to the moon and a pilot who safely landed an airliner in New York's Hudson River highlight this year's list of inductees to the San Diego Air & Space Museum's International Hall ...

Video: Tazewell County Air Show 2013 - clipwings.com

Lehigh Valley Airshow drew more than 40000 - Allentown Morning Call | Near-perfect weather and 16 years of pent-up demand helped the Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow soar to heights that surprised even the most optimistic airport officials. But with big crowds came big headaches, as more than 40,000 people flocked to a Lehigh Valley International Airport airfield that initially was expected to draw about 15,000...

Featured Video: Lake Sangchris Airpark Fly-In Attracts Fly Baby and Cessna 150  - The Aero Experience | Cessna 150 Pilot Jeff Wilson provided this video from his flight with a Fly Baby last weekend:

Wow! Dawlish Air show delights the holiday crowds - This is Cornwall | Thousands of people lined the coast on Saturday to watch a free flying display as part of a renowned air show. Sunshine and blue skies made perfect conditions for the Dawlish Air Show where a British Army helicopter gunship made its debut in the static display...

Bournemouth Air Festival 2 days to go: Charity auction for Jon Egging - Bournemouth Echo | A PAINTING signed by the late Red Arrow pilot, Jon Egging, will be up for auction at a charity fundraiser this week. The artwork, called Eagle Bend by Colin van Geffen, was signed by Jon Egging, as well as the rest of the 2011 Red Arrow team, on the night before he lost his life after an air display for the Bournemouth Air Festival, on August 20, 2011...

Final MAKS-2013 Airshow Rehearsal Held in Zhukovsky - RIA Novosti | MOSCOW, August 26 (RIA Novosti) – After being delayed twice over the weekend, the final rehearsal of Russia's MAKS-2013 airshow, involving three new T-50 fifth-generation fighter jets, took place at the Zhukovsky airfield on Monday. One of the ...

Video: Building The Gee Bee Q.E.D. Replica (And First Flight Coming Soon!) - AirPigz | Back in May I posted a pic and a link to more pix of the amazing Gee Bee Q.E.D. replica being built by Jim Moss out in the pacific northwest. This recently released high-quality video shares so many more details about the project, and the team of builders that have come together to make it all possible. Both the size and the workmanship on this airplane...

'Flying Fortress'B-17 flies into Philadelphia - Philly.com | "OLD JOE" sat in his wheelchair just off the tarmac at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport yesterday, awe-struck by a beautiful lady he'd known as a young man but was now afraid to take out for a ride - a B-17 World War II bomber. "I'm 94. I have a pacemaker. I'm afraid my adrenaline would get too much," Joseph Blinebury said. "I'd be so thrilled that I'm liable to have a heart attack."...

WWII B-17 Flying Fortress coming to Bismarck Airport - Bismarck Tribune | One of the last flying World War II B-17 bombers, “Sentimental Journey,” will be on display and available for rides and tours Thursday to Monday at the Bismarck Municipal Airport. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the primary bomber used by the United States Air Force against Nazi Germany. Of the 12,731 built, fewer than 10 remain in flying condition and only a very few fly regularly...

Vintage B-17 bomber on display at Prince Albert airport - CBC.ca | A rare B-17 bomber — restored to military specifications — has touched down in Prince Albert. The plane, built in 1943, is one of only about 10 left in the world that can fly. "To get it here, I think, is something pretty special," Bob Spracklin, president of the Prairie Heritage Air Show Society said Monday. People will be able to tour the plane at the airport in Prince Albert...

Bomber Landing Puts Vote On CAF Move On The Radar 8/26/13 - KOSA | MIDLAND-It was a big day for fans of the Commemorative Air Force Museum. The beloved B-29 bomber FiFi came for a stay at the Midland base. It was a beautiful site--the landing of the world's only still operational B-29. For CAF member and veteran Jimmy Parker, it's a bittersweet reminder of what the CAF here in Midland has already lost...

A Single Daring Act - airspacemag.com | Memoirs of Korea by an acclaimed novelist. | By the end of the war, Sabre pilots had attained a kill ratio of 10 to 1 against MiG-15s. Most of the aerial warfare took place along the Yalu River in an area nicknamed MiG Alley.

Saturday 'Boneyard' tours set for Aug. 31 - Inside Tucson Business | Curious passersby who have always wanted to get a closer look at the slumbering aircraft inside Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s iconic “Boneyard” but found that guided tours only run during typical working hours can finally get a peek during a special Saturday tour...

Air Aces series presented on Air Force Museum’s giant screen - General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — In a partnership brokered by Reel Stuff Aviation Resources, the Military Channel’s new six-part series, Air Aces, is simultaneously being screened at the newly renovated Air Force Museum Theatre. Air Aces, which had its U.S. broadcast premier on Aug. 4, is a series of one-hour episodes that profiles some of the most heroic and courageous military pilots that ever flew. The Air Force Museum Theatre features 7.1-plus surround sound and state-of-the-art 4K digital projection onto an 80-foot wide giant screen....

Gathering Definitely Makes a Difference - WAI Connect Blog | When Samara Hull wrote a paper for school about her goal of becoming a pilot, the two guys in her class who also wanted to be pilots were not expecting to hear that she already had experience in the air...

Can you help with this documentary?` - WAI Connect Blog | Mayo Woman pioneer Aviator: Help wanted for documentary | A documentary is currently in production on Nancy Corrigan, one of the first female pilots. A County Mayo woman who in 1929, at 17 years of age, emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, with only a basic education and went on to become one of the first women pilots. She trained air cadets for the US Military during World War II. Nancy also took part in Air Races. She was the second woman ever to gain a commercial pilot's licence...

RAF Museum Dornier Do 17 Restoration Getting Underway - Warbirds News | It’s just been a couple of months since what is believed to be the last surviving Dornier Do 17 was raised from the Godwin Sands off the coast of England. The remains of the plane which had been sitting underwater for over 70 years, were trucked to the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK. Since its arrival its fuselage and major components have been placed in hydration tunnels and are kept bathed in a mild citric acid solution to soften and loosen the marine life and corrosion that built up over its many decades submerged in salt water....

AVRO Arrow Artifacts Media Photo Opportunity Supports Mississauga's New ... - City of Mississauga | Additional artifacts from the Canadian Air & Space Museum will also be on hand. Event Details What/Why: A media photo opportunity including artifacts from the AVRO Arrow. In the future, the City will expand the museum's collection to offer more off ...

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Cobra walkaround — Tampa - Travel for Aircraft | This park is located on the east side in Tampa FL on the northwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Hwy 301 and the Tampa Bypass Canal — just a bit south of Martin Luther King Blvd. This park […]

Pilot, Minister, and Servant to Others: Brian Kissinger Turns Challenges into Opportunities - The Aero Experience | There will be a gathering of the St. Louis metropolitan area aviation community on Labor Day to raise money for local charities, and it is no surprise that the idea was conceived by pilot, itinerant minister and two-time brain cancer survivor Brian Kissinger. Since setting his third world speed record...

A stunt pilot's view on Disney's Planes - The Guardian | Early on, Dusty takes part in a training race around a series of pylons – very much like the Red Bull Air Race, an international competition in which pilots navigate obstacles at speed. Some of the aeroplanes bump into the pylons – yes, it has happened ...

Extremely rare video shows Gaddafi’s Air Force aerial refueling trials (and failures) in the mid 1990s - The Aviationist | The following footage shows Mirage F1ADs and Mig-23s refueling from Il-76T and C-130s during trials reportedly conducted between the end of the 1980s and 1994. Noteworthy, at min 04:19 you can see a Gaddafi’s Mirage’s IFR (In Flight Refueling) probe disintegrating after a successful plug into an aerial refueling basket...

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This Weekend: Find the air show closest to you on the Fencecheck calendar!  Lots of choices.

Airport officials cancel air show due to air quality - Tahoe Daily Tribune | City officials canceled the annual Lake in the Sky Airshow Friday afternoon due to poor air quality.“It’s a shame,” said announcer Jon “Huggy” Huggins. “They’ve put so many hours of work into this.”...

Air Festival Air festival to showcase work at airport - Daily Journal Online |BONNE TERRE - Steve Vogt’s passion is very contagious.After spending just a few minutes with the Festus native, one can’t help but see how he’s poured that passion into the Bonne Terre Municipal Airport. What was an overgrown runway with a shed held up by overgrown weeds just a few short month ago now has a Fixed Based Operator (FBO) facility, complete with all the amenities anyone flying into Bonne Terre would need...

FIFI Returns to the Basin This Weekend - NewsWest9.com | MIDLAND - Starting on Saturday, aviation fans will be treated to a viewing of a well-known airplane. The Commemorative Air Force B-29 Superfortress, FiFi, will be on display at the George H.W. and Barbara Bush Commemorative Center at the CAF Airpower Museum...

Russia showcasing new Sukhoi fighters at Moscow air show - UPI.com | Visitors to the Paris Air Show in June were treated to a display of the Su-35S's impressive aerobatics, including a demonstration of the extraordinary Pugachev's Cobra maneuver. Sukhoi claims the aircraft can "successfully counter" full-fledged fifth ...

Radom Air Show 2013 - Aviation Headlines - Airplane-Pictures.net | Photographs from this years Radom - Sadkow Air show

Biggest Irish airshow since 1936 to take place next month - thejournal.ie | YOU MIGHT BE used to seeing a small twin-seat plane or helicopter flying low overhead — but it will hard to miss some of the massive aircraft which will be flying down the banks of the River Liffey next month. FlightFest, an event organised by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), Dublin City Council, and The Gathering, takes place on September 15th and will see over two dozen aircraft flying low over the city centre...

Vietnam-era F-105D lands at Palm Springs Air Museum - The Desert Sun | Greg Kenny with the Palm Springs Air Museum looks at the empty compartment where the jet -engine of a Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber once sat. The Palm Springs Air Museum hopes to put the Vietnam War era supersonic plane on display.

F-35C refuels from KC-135 - The DEW Line · Dave Majumdar

Thunderjet - Air & Space Magazine | It had the body of a fighter and a bomber’s soul.

A big microphone: AOPA launches one more tool to help unify the aviation family - Airplanista Aviation Blog | Imagine the scene of a large convention hall hosting several thousand pilots. The floor of the convention is awash with the sounds of 10,000 individual conversations as attendees discuss the many issues facing general aviation. Lots of buzz and energy, plenty of great ideas, but not much unified forward progress...

But Will it Fly? - Air & Space Magazine | Red Bull expands its wacky Flugtag competition to five cities this year.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Employees Inducted Into International Space Hall Of Fame - Aero-News Network | Group Developed Reusable Launch Vehicle In The 1990s | Fourty current and former employees of Aerojet Rocketdyne have been inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame (ISHF). All of the honored employees served as members of the original Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X/DC-XA) team which helped develop an unmanned prototype of a reusable single-stage launch vehicle in the 1990s...

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EAA’s Freedom Of Flight Award And Spirit Of Flight Award - Aero-News Network | Sonex Aircraft Founder And President John Monnett Honored By John Ylinen | The Experimental Aircraft Association announced that Sonex Aircraft Founder and President John Monnett will be presented two major awards during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: The EAA Freedom of Flight Award, and the SETP Spirit of Flight Award....

Video: 'Jetman' adventurer Yves Rossy flies with B17 bomber aircraft - Telegraph | A Swiss adventurer is making his first public flights in the US this summer with his custom-built jet suit. Yves Rossy, also known as "Jetman", is making appearances at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture in Oshkosh....

AirVenture 2013 – “Day 1″ Monday In Review! - WARBIRD RADIO – AirVenture 2013 is officially off and running. Day 1 is in the books…and what a day it was. Perfect weather and the world’s largest aviation event all make for a wonderful time. Matt Jolley and the Hartman & Hilt crew spent the day collecting stories for their first broadcast Tuesday morning....

New paint scheme for RSAF Black Knights at Singapore Airshow 2014 - Asia One | SINGAPORE - Visitors to the Singapore Airshow 2014 will be treated to a visual feast by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Black Knights aerobatics team as they perform their precise manoeuvres and tight formations using six of RSAF's F-16C Fighting Falcons. The F-16C Fighting Falcon is one of the most sophisticated and advanced multi-role fighter aircraft in the world today....

Montgomery Aviation at TYQ slates annual house · General Aviation News Staff | Montgomery Aviation at Indianapolis Executive Airport (TYQ) will host its seventh annual open house and fly-in Aug 3. The event is a fundraiser for Down Syndrome Indiana. The event, from 10 am-2 pm, is free to the public and will feature a number of activities and aircraft, including a Huey helicopter, Commemorative Air Force (CAF) aircraft, a magic show with aviation “surprise”, an airplane candy drop, a hot dog lunch and other food vendors, dozens of local vendors, bounce houses, remote control airplanes, a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) airplane, and discovery flights...

Lake in the Sky Air Show to be held in South Lake Tahoe for 24th year - KRNV My News 4 | SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- The 24th annual Lake in the Sky Air Show at Lake Tahoe Airport in South Lake Tahoe, California is scheduled for Saturday, August 24, 2013. This year’s Air Show will span three days from August 23rd-25th, 2013, starting with a Pre-Flight party at the Flight Deck located at Lake Tahoe Airport at 5:30pm. Triple Ace “Bud” Anderson will be a special guest speaker along with two Vietnam Fighter Pilots. ...

Wings Over North Georgia To Feature Several Aerobatic Performers - Aero-News Network | Black Diamond Jet Team Among The Headliners On The Bill | The Black Diamond Jet Demonstration and AeroStars Aerobatic Flight Teams will take to the skies above the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, GA, on Oct. 12-13 as headliners for the 2013 Wings Over North Georgia, but the weekend will also include a ramp full of outstanding aerobatic performers, a BBQ competition and more...

New date and name for Southend Airshow - Echo | THE returning Southend Airshow looks set to be held on the first weekend of September next year and will be renamed the Southend Airshow and Military Festival, the Echo can reveal. The event, being put together by volunteers Thomas Curtis and John Delaney, with a strong military theme, looks to make what would be a popular comeback....

A380, to wow crowds at MAKS airshow - WebWire (press release) | Airbus solution to allow traffic growth with less environmental impact The A380, the most advanced, spacious and fuel-efficient passenger aircraft in service, will delight the Russian aviation industry being a star attraction at the international aviation and space salon MAKS for the second time. MAKS takes place from August 27th to September 1st 2013 in Zhukovsky, Moscow....

Patrouille de France "Alpha jets" to Saint-Cyprien - Translated | The Patrouille de France, which is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary, conveys values ​​of patriotism and excellence, which she demonstrated every airshow. The team is based at Salon-de-Provence in winter, is renewed annually and must obviously meet huge expectations. The nine pilot (the "Athos"), three left and three arrive, making the challenge even more difficult. Accompanied thirty-seven mechanics, these "Athos" is daily train from October to May to prepare for the "Series" in 2013....

English Electric Canberra XH134 Returns to Royal International Air Tattoo - Warbirds News | Last having appeared at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) in 2006, English Electric Canberra XH134 returned to the air show for 2013, and while it did not perform in the aerial display portion of the festivities, it did fly in under its own power to RAF Fairford, and was on static display throughout the show, which sold out both days with an attendance of over 130,000 visitors over the course of the weekend....

Daring pilot McLeod back to highlight Red Bull Air Show - The Province | ...Daring 29-year-old pilot Pete McLeod will be at the helm of a singleseater Eagle 540 aircraft as it buzzes over English Bay, twisting and turning through the air in an incredible display of aerial acrobatics. So if you are one the smart ones who arrive early to get a great viewing spot for the fireworks, you are certainly in for an additional treat. The...

Michigan Balloonist Paul Petrehn Wins U.S. National Balloon Championship - Aero-News Network | Had Previously Won Back-To-Back Championships In 2004 And 2005 | After a week long flying competition in which Mother Nature drew most of the headlines, forcing cancelation of 50% of the flying opportunities, Paul Petrehn (pictured) of Michigan won the 2013 U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championship in Longview, Texas. It was his 3rd win as he had previously claimed the title in 2004 and 2005....

B-17 Bomber: History on Wheels - KIMT  | ROCHESTER, MN – Rochester is playing host to what some are calling a history lesson on wheels. This Boeing B-17 bomber dubbed “Sentimental Journey” is making a stop in Rochester as a way to pay tribute and honor veterans of the past, present and future. “We maintain these airplanes to bring history to the people. Not everyone can come to the museum, so in this case we come to you,” said Chris Schaich, Sentimental Journey Pilot....
B-17 flight brings back memories for WWII vets - Post-Tribune | VALPARAISO — Harold Chubbs looked out the window of the B-17 Flying Fortress as it flew over Lake Michigan. There was a wide grin on his face. “That was quite a flight,” he said Monday, after the World War II plane landed at Porter County Regional Airport. “It made a good landing. And that’s a good thing — no one was shooting at me.”...

Jetting Through the Grand Canyon - Air & Space Magazine: This Week's Most Viewed Articles | They wouldn't be allowed to do it today, but back in 1959, experienced military pilots would sometimes buzz the Grand Canyon when flying out of nearby Nellis AFB. At the time, RAF pilot Ron Dick was an exchange officer with the US Air Force, training students in a Lockheed T-33. Fellow instructor Bud Pratt recalls that during these Canyon flights, the pilots would fly low enough that water would spray up from the river.

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Winds, large bird are theories behind air show death at Selfridge - Detroit Free Press | Franklin's Flying Circus What happened prior to Todd Green's fall Sunday at the Selfridge Air Show was part of a staged show intended to entertain the nearly 75000 onlookers below. The announcer talked about wind dangers and Green made multiple ...

Selfridge 2011  from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)  I got to put on my Nomex and hit the Selfridge ANGB Airshow all day on Sunday to help run the CAP static display. I hit the gate at around 0540 and was out on the flight line by about 0730. We put about 130 Boy Scouts through the hands-on portion of their aviation merit badges in addition to putting several hundred other people in one of the wing’s glass C-182Ts…

Air Show Plans Bryan Jensen Scholarship - Kansas City News Story ...  by kmbc | KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A scholarship will be created to honor the memory of a stunt pilot who died while performing at the Kansas City Air Show. Monday, August 22, 2011...

Iowa native killed in air show crash - Omaha World-Herald | On Saturday, the Atlantic, Iowa, native died in a plane crash at a Kansas City air show in front of an audience of thousands. Services for Jensen, 50, are expected to be held later this week in Atlantic, near where he grew up on his family's farm. ...

Red Arrows crash: Scampton prayers for Jon Egging - BBC News | Prayers will be said at a church service in Lincolnshire for a Red Arrows pilot who died during a crash at an air display. Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, from Rutland, died when his plane came down at the end of a display near Bournemouth airport on Saturday. ...

Red Arrows announcement due this morning - Clacton and Frinton Gazette | By Will Lodge » AN ANNOUNCEMENT is expected this morning (Tuesday)on whether the Red Arrows will appear at Clacton Air Show later this week. The star flying team have seen their planes grounded while the causes of a fatal crash on Saturday are ...

Valley Native to Become Member of Air Force Thunderbirds - Wheeling News Register | That's the day when the son of Roger and Patty Criss of Weirton is scheduled to join the Thunderbirds at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the US Air Force which tours the United States and much of ...

Washington County Jump-start: Air Show recap, record crowd at Safeway Classic ... - OregonLive.com | Oregon International Air Show: Whether you went to the show or not, you couldn't avoid the Oregon International Air Show this weekend in Washington County. The Oregonian covered the event from the fly-in Friday through Sunday's Margaret Teufel Day, ...

Top gun now turning tricks - ABC Online | Former RAAF pilot Matt Hall achieved a personal first when he flew into Townsville Airport yesterday ahead of the Ingham Wings and Wheels Airshow. "I have spent a lot of time in Townsville doing exercises out of here so it's not ...

Great Alabama Aviation Events Coming September  from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News -With summer heat diminishing a few degrees, September kicks off with better weather for Alabama Aviation events. These signature events offer family enjoyment and the opportunity to take in the local sights while soaking up aviation entertainment. Each weekend in September offers a unique aviation event from north to south across the state. Mark these dates; you will not want to miss some of the best local events of the year… 

SD Airshow postponed - The Swazi Observer | The decision was taken following the accident of two Albatross aircraft returning on August 13 from an airshow in Tzaneen, South Africa, that claimed the lives of 13 people. “The entire aviation community is in mourning and hosting an airshow within a ...

Miller celebrates 90 years of flying and family - Midway Driller | His credentials allowed him to fly B-24 and B-25 Bombers as World War II came to an end. His flying continued in Long Beach California where he served as a reserve officer. In the 1950's and 1960's he was a member of the Taft Pilots Club, ...

Taking Flight - Morning Star | He said many World War II war birds, such as the P51 Mustang, the Navy's Corsair and a brand new twin-engine B-25 bomber will be in the air. Some aircraft will be powered by small electric motors, the latest trend in model aircraft design. ...

World War II-era B-17 bomber takes flight at Trenton-Mercer Airport - The Trentonian | The WWII veteran served as an Army Air Corps waist gunner, having operated the 50-caliber machine guns attached to the B-17 bomber. Reinhardt on Monday flew in a B-17 for the first time since his military days. As the aircraft was preparing to take off ...

Vintage War Planes Returning to Pittsfield Airport - iBerkshires.com | Among the vintage World War II planes are B-17 and B-24 bombers and a P-51 Mustang. The Florida-based foundation confirmed with the Berkshire News Network that its members will be landing in the restored, vintage aircraft at the airport on Monday, ...

WWII planes featured at two weekend shows - NorthJersey.com | Greenwood Lake Airport in West Milford will host its third annual World War II Showcase from 10 am to 5 pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The West Milford show will feature aerobatics and special guests, including World War II veteran "Wild" Bill ...

Guess what’s worse than a flameout on take off? A flameout on catapult launch from an aircraft carrier  from David Cenciotti's weblog -  A quite embarrassing episode marked the end of MAKS 2011 air show on Aug. 21, at Ramenskoye air base, near Moscow. The Sukhoi PAK-FA/T-50, Russia’s 5th generation fighter plane, was forced to abort take off after suffering a flameout in the right-hand Saturn engine. As below footage shows, the T-50-2, the second prototype of the stealth fighter (52 Blue), aborts its take off roll  after bursts of flames erupted from the engine…

Belgian F-16 Pilot Refueling Mid-Air  from I Love Planes by Rafael | A Belgian F-16 fighter pilot maneuvers into position behind a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft Aug. 18, 2011, before refueling. The pilot is on a mission to provide close air support to coalition forces in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Air Force Heritage Park opens Friday - Journal Pioneer | That's the whole idea of the park," said Al Poirier, with the Aviation Heritage Society (PEI) Inc., one of the driving forces behind establishing the park. Work to begin restoring the three aging airplanes situated at the former CFB Summerside began ...

Aviation High School breaking ground Tuesday near Museum of Flight - TheNewsTribune.com | The Highline School District's Aviation High School, the nation's first college-preparatory aviation-related high school when it opened in 2004, will break ground Tuesday near Boeing Field for a new campus. The Highline School District's Aviation High ...

Aviation High soars into the future, landing next to Boeing Field - The Seattle Times | King said the museum — long before he came on board early this year — decided its goal wasn't just to collect and preserve aviation history but to help shape it. Aviation High School, a public school that's part of the Highline School District, ...

Spirits soar as youth explore aviation - Chillicothe Constitution Tribune| As in past years, the EAA chapter offered free airplane rides to children between 8 and 17 years of age as part of the national Young Eagles program. When the last plane landed, there had been a total of 87 children officially registered as Young ...

National Aerospace Week September 11 thru 17  from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | This year's National Aerospace Week, a September 11-17 event established by Congress, will focus on informing the debate over choices our government will make in the coming months according to the Aerospace Industry Association.  The aerospace and defense industry is the lifeblood of America's industrial base, employing approximately 800,000 workers directly, and supporting more than 2 million middle-class jobs in related fields. More than 30,000 suppliers in the industry provide high-skill, high-paying jobs in all 50 states says AIA…

Today in Aviation History – August 23  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal